Proverbs 9:8 states, “Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you” (NIV). There is a world of difference between a mocker and a seeker.
Mockers challenge you to answer, not because they want to know the truth but because they have already pronounced you guilty.
Seekers are genuinely looking for answers and are willing to do put in the work to learn and grow.
Several years ago, at the end of one of my debates in New York City with my good friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a Jewish woman approached me very upset with my position. She had a lot to say to me, and I was eager to engage.
She asked her first question, and the moment I began to respond, she began to shake her head back and forth (in the “no” motion), repeating the same pattern with every question (and with vigor
Read More The Difference Between a Mocker and a Seeker.
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